Total Crime Rate
306.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Hendon Broadway area has the 7th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 59th highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around West Hendon Broadway (NW9 7EE) in the last 12 months was 306.2 per 1,000 residents and was 205.6% higher than the Colindale South average (100.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 102.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Hendon Broadway (NW9 7EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Herbert Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorhen Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Esmar Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brent View Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stuart Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stuart Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Herbert Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Algernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Esmar Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Esmar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esmar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esmar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolmead Avenue | — |
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